Descendants of Thomas Richardson


Generation No. 1

1.  THOMAS1 RICHARDSON was born Abt. 1570, and died Bet. 1633 - 1634 in Westmill, Herts, England.  He married KATHERINE DUXFORD.  She was born Abt. 1565, and died Abt. 1631.

Notes for THOMAS RICHARDSON:
Ancestors of President Franklin Pierce.
	
Child of THOMAS RICHARDSON and KATHERINE DUXFORD is:
2.	i.	EZEKIEL2 RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1604, Westmill, Herts, England; d. 21 October 1647, Woburn, MA.


Generation No. 2

2.  EZEKIEL2 RICHARDSON (THOMAS1)1 was born Abt. 1604 in Westmill, Herts, England, and died 21 October 1647 in Woburn, MA1.  He married SUSANNA Abt. 1625.  She was born Abt. 1604, and died 16 September 1681 in Woburn, MA.

Notes for EZEKIEL RICHARDSON:
Ref. Richardson Memorial:
After the death of Ezekiel Richardson, his widow Susanna married Henry Brooks; of Woburn, as we learn from sundry conveyances of land. For instance: Susanna Richardson (now Brooks), widow of Ezekiel Richardson, quitclaimed, March 23, 1655, thirty-five acres of land in Charlestown to Thomas Moulton and John Greenland. [Midd. Deeds, ii. 36.] 

Again: March 27, 1657. Samuel Richardson, brother of Ezekiel Richardson, now deceased, quitclaims forty acres of land in Woburn, on the side towards Reading, to my sister Susanna Richardson, now Brooks, during her lifetime, and then to my cousin [nephew] Theophilus Richardson. This land is described as bounded south by land of Samuel Richardson (himself), north by land of our brother Thomas Richardson, west by a running brook,(*) east by the common, i. e. by the common unappropriated land. [Midd. Deeds, ii. 72.] 

And again: Dec. 13, 1659. "We, Henry Brooks and Susanna Brooks, resign one-half of Ezekiel Richardson's house and lands." [Midd. Deeds, ii. 154.] 

This Henry Brooks was formerly of Concord, and while a resident there was made freeman, March 14, 1639. He is noticed in the Town Records of Woburn as an inhabitant, and a proprietor of land there, near Horn Pond, Jan. 10, 1652. He was one of the selectmen of Woburn, 1669. His wife Susanna died Sept. 15, 1681. He died April 12, 1683. He had children by a former wife, John, Timothy, Isaac, and Sarah. 

(*)This running brook must be the Aberjona River, on which the mills are in 
Winchester 
 
We come now to the principal subject of this volume, the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, who, with four others, laid the foundations of Woburn, in 1641. 

Ezekiel Richardson was a man of great respectability and worth. His name often occurs on the Charlestown records. He was, in 1633, appointed by the General Court a constable, then an office of much responsibility. In the following years, he was appointed by the town on several important committees. He was one of the first board of selectmen in Charlestown, chosen Feb. 10, 1634-5; also in 1637, 1638, 1639. He was a deputy or representative of that town in the General Court, chosen Sept. 2, 1634, and also the following year, 1635. In 1637, a lot of land was granted to him on "Misticke Side," or Malden; also to each of his brothers, of whom more in the sequel. 

He was a follower of Ann Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy of 1637, as were most of the members of the Boston church, and was one of the eighty or more persons who signed the Remonstrance in Mr. Wheelwright's favor, presented to the General Court on the ninth of March in that year.(*) At the session of the General Court held in November following, he and several others desired that their names might be erased from that paper, which the Court had judged to be of seditious tendency. Thus acknowledging his fault, he was exempted from the censure inflicted by the Court; in other words, he was not disarmed, as were nearly all of the Remonstrants. It is creditable to his memory that he was willing to abandon an enterprise in which he had conscientiously, but unwisely, embarked. 

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RICHARDSON, EZEKIEL [1630, Charlestown]
ORIGIN: Westmill, Hertfordshire
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Woburn 1640

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Ezechiel Richardson and his wife" admitted to Boston church as members #80 and #81, which would be in the winter of 1630/1 [BChR 13]; on 14 October 1632 "Ezechiell Richardson and Susan his wife" were dismissed to participate in the organization of Charlestown church [BChR 16]; on 2 November 1632 "Ezek:" and "Susan Richeson" were admitted to Charlestown church as founding members [ChChR 7].
FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366].
EDUCATION: He signed his will.
OFFICES: Deputy for Charlestown to General Court, 2 September 1635 [MBCR 1:156]. Petit jury, 19 September 1637 [MBCR 1:203]. Charlestown member of colony committee on valuation of livestock, 13 May 1640 [MBCR 1:295]. Commissioner for small causes at Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:35]. Committee to lay out highway between Cambridge and Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:36].
   Charlestown selectman, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8 [ChTR 13, 34]. Constable, 3 April 1633 [MBCR 1:104]. Committee to lay out lots, 9 January 1633/4, 23 November 1635 [ChTR 10, 17]. Committee to lay out highways, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8, 20 December 1638 [ChTR 12, 39, 40]. Committee to regulate wages, 28 November 1636 [ChTR 23]. Committee on stinting the common, 17 February 1636/7 [ChTR 25].
ESTATE: In 1635 Ezekiel Richardson surrendered back to the town five acres of land Mystic Side [ChTR 14]. In the same year he was granted five shares of hay ground, which was increased to six shares [ChTR 19, 20].
   On 24 October 1636 the town of Charlestown "agreed to allow Ezek[ie]ll Richeson 2 acres of ground besides the two due to him, to make & keep two sufficient gates for the highway between Mr. Mayhew's & New Towne, & the highway to have 6 pole in breadth" [ChTR 23]. On 3 March 1636/7 "Goodman Ezek[ie]ll Richeson had ½ a cow's grass appointed by Tho[mas] Squire" [ChTR 26].
   Ezekiel Richardson had five acres of land Mystic Side in 1637, and also four and three-quarter cow commons [ChTR 27, 33]. On 23 April 1638 he had Mystic Side allotments of 35, 85 and 5 acres [ChTR 36]. On 30 December 1638 he had 6½ cow commons in the stinted common [ChTR 42].
   In the 1638 Charlestown Book of Possessions "Ezechell Richardson" held thirteen parcels of land: three acre homestead in High Field; one acre meadow at north end of aforesaid three acres; one half acre meadow in High Field; one acre meadow on northeast side of Gibbon's Field (which "he bought of William Nash to whom at first it fell by lot"); one acre arable land in East Field; two acres meadow bounded to the south on Cambridge Field and to the north on Gibbon's River (later annotation: "sold to Thomas Brigden"); six acres meadow in Mystic Field; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; thirty-five acres woodland in Mystic Field; three acres meadow "lying to the northward of Mount Prospect") ninety acres of land in Water Field; six and a half milch cow commons (four and three quarters granted to him, one and a quarter bought of William Nash, and a half bought of George Whitehand); and four acres arable land in Line Field [ChBOP 3-4].
   In his will, dated 20 July 1647 and proved 1 June 1648, "Ezekiell Richardson of Woebourne" appointed "my wife Susanna and my eldest son Theophilus joint executors"; and bequeathed to "Josias my son £30" at twenty-one years of age; to "James my son £30" at twenty-one years of age; to "Phebe my daughter £30" at "twenty years of age or within six months after the day of her marriage"; if any of these three should die before they come of age, the legacies be shared among the survivors; in case "my son Theophilus die before he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age, then his portion shall be equally divided to my other children"; discharged demands against "my brother Samuell Richardson"; to "my brother Thomas Richardson, his son Thomas, 10s."; overseers Edward Converse and John Mousall of Woburn, if either of these die, then the survivor with the consent of Thomas Carter, pastor of the church in Woburn, to choose a replacement overseer; 30s. to each overseer; residue to my executors, "provided that my wife may peacably enjoy her habitation in the house so long as she shall live" [SPR Case #72].
   The inventory of the estate of Ezekiell Richardson was taken 18 November 1647 and totalled £190 6s. 6d., with no real estate included [SPR Case #72].
   On 6 March 1649/50 Edward Converse confirmed to the heirs of Ezekiel Richardson an earlier sale of twelve acres of meadow & upland in Woburn [MLR 2:71]. On 27 March 1651 Samuel Richeson of Woburn "having formerly sold unto Ezekill Richeson my brother (who is since deceased) forty acres of arable & meadow land" in Woburn, confirms the same to "my sister Susanna Brookes (who was the wife of my deceased brother Ezekill Richeson" [MLR 2:72]. On 23 March 1654/5 "Susanna Richeson now Brookes formerly the wife of Ezek: Richeson" confirmed a sale made eight years earlier by "Ezekill Richardson & Sussanna Richardson my wife" to Thomas Moulton and John Greenland of thirty-five acres of land in Woburn [MLR 2:36]. On 13 December 1659 "Henry Brookes & Susanna Brookes of Woburn," in accordance with an award of the court, deeded to Theophilus Richardson the right and title they had in "the moiety or half part of the housing & land of Ezekiell Richardson of Woburn aforesaid, by executorship or otherwise" [MLR 2:154].

BIRTH: By about 1604 (based on estimated date of marriage and chronology of his siblings), son of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-28].
DEATH: Woburn 21 October 1647.
MARRIAGE: By 1632 Susanna _____. She married (2) by 27 March 1651 Henry Brooks [Sarah Hildreth Anc 30, citing MLR 2:36, 72, 154].

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson, brothers of Ezekiel, arrived in New England by 1635; Francis Wyman and John Wyman, sons of Ezekiel Richardson's sister Elizabeth, also came to New England [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-27].

COMMENTS: "Ezech[ie]ll Richeson" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1630 [ChTR 5] and appeared in the lists of inhabitants of 9 January 1633/4 and January 1635/6 [ChTR 10, 15].
   On 15 November 1637 Ezekiel Richardson was one of eight Charlestown men who admitted their error in signing the petition in favor of Wheelwright and who were permitted to erase their names from that document [MBCR 1:209].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1876 John Adams Vinton published a comprehensive genealogy of the descendants of the three Richardson brothers [The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson ... (Portland, Maine, 1876)]. In 1903 Walter Kendall Watkins published the data on the English origin of the Richardsons [NEHGR 57:298-300], and this material was incorporated in Walter Goodwin Davis's treatment of the family [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-31].
 

	
Children of EZEKIEL RICHARDSON and SUSANNA are:
	i.	PHEBE3 RICHARDSON, b. 03 June 1632, Boston, MA; d. Unknown; m. HENRY BALDWIN; b. Abt. 1632; d. Unknown.

Notes for PHEBE RICHARDSON:
   i   PHEBE, bp. Boston 3 June 1632 (corrected from 1631 [BChR 277]); m. Woburn 1 November 1649 Henry Baldwin [WoVR 2:226].

	ii.	THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON, b. 22 December 1633, Charlestown, MA; d. Unknown; m. MARY CHAMPNEY, 02 May 1654, Woburn, MA; b. October 1635, Cambridge, MA; d. Unknown.

Notes for THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON:
 ii   THEOPHILUS, bp. Charlestown 22 December 1633 [ChChR 45]; m. Woburn 2 May 1654 Mary Champney [WoVR 2:226].

Notes for MARY CHAMPNEY:
   i   MARY, b. Cambridge [blank] October 1635 [NEHGR 4:55]; m. Woburn 2 May 1654 Theophilus Richardson [WoVR 2:226], son of EZEKIEL RICHARDSON [GMB 3:1582].

3.	iii.	JOSIAH RICHARDSON, b. 07 November 1635, Charlestown, Mdlsx, MA; d. 22 June 1695, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.
	iv.	JOHN RICHARDSON, b. 21 July 1638, Charlestown, MA; d. 07 January 1642/43.

Notes for JOHN RICHARDSON:
  iv   JOHN, bp. Charlestown 21 July 1638 [ChChR 47]; d. Woburn 7 January 1642 [WoVR 3:157].

	v.	JONATHAN RICHARDSON, b. 15 February 1639/40, Charlestown, MA; d. Unknown, Died young.

Notes for JONATHAN RICHARDSON:
   v   JONATHAN, bp. Charlestown 13 February 1639/40 [ChChR 48]; no further record.

	vi.	JAMES RICHARDSON, b. 11 July 1641, Charlestown, MA; d. Unknown; m. BRIDGET HENCHMAN; b. Abt. 1641; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAMES RICHARDSON:
  vi   JAMES, bp. Charlestown 11 July 1641 [ChChR 50]; m. Chelmsford 28 November 1660 Bridget Henchman.

	vii.	RUTH RICHARDSON, b. 23 August 1643, Woburn, MA; d. 07 September 1643.

Notes for RUTH RICHARDSON:
  vii   RUTH, b. Woburn 23 August 1643 [WoVR 1:210]; d. there 7 September 1643 [WoVR 3:157]..


Generation No. 3

3.  JOSIAH3 RICHARDSON (EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)1 was born 07 November 1635 in Charlestown, Mdlsx, MA, and died 22 June 1695 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.  He married REMEMBRANCE UNDERWOOD 06 June 1659 in Concord, MA, daughter of WILLIAM UNDERWOOD and SARAH.  She was born 25 February 1639/40 in Concord, MA, and died 20 February 1718/19 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.

Notes for JOSIAH RICHARDSON:
Ref. Richardson Memorial:
CAPTAIN JOSIAH RICHARDSON,2 brother of the preceding, and second son of Ezekiel Richardson,1 one of the founders of Woburn; baptized in Charlestown, Nov. 7, 1635; married at Concord, by Capt. Simon Willard of that place, June 6, 1659, to REMEMBRANCE UNDERWOOD, born at Concord, Feb. 25, 1639-40, daughter of William and Sarah Underwood of that place. 

He and his brother James Richardson2 went to reside in Chelmsford as early as 1659, which, as just noted, was the year of his marriage. William Underwood, his wife's father, went in 1654, at the very beginning of that plantation.(*) 

(*) The origin of Chelmsford may be traced to a petition presented to the General Court of the colony in 1652, signed by about twenty persons--ten of them citizens of Concord, and as many more from Woburn--for liberty to examine, with a view to settlement, a tract of land lying on the west side of Concord River. The request being granted, and the petitioners being joined by about as many others, making thirty-nine in all, desirous of erecting a new plantation, they proceeded, the following year, to ask of the legislature a grant of land, bordering upon the Merrimack River, near to Pawtucket Falls, where is now the city of Lowell. They requested that the said tract of land might begin, on the Merrimack, at a neck of land next to Concord River [in the present territory of Lowell] and run up by said river south and west into the country, so as to make up six miles square. This would include the whole of Chelmsford and Lowell and part of Westford. 

About the same time, the Rev. John Eliot, as agent and trustee for the Indians under his spiritual care, asked the General Court for a grant near the Pawtucket and Wamesit Falls, for the exelusive use of the Indians in that neighborhood. 

The Court granted both petitions, and ordered both an Indian and an English plantation to be laid out. It was made a condition in the latter case, that within two years from the date of the act--May 18, 1653--at least twenty families should settle upon the tract so granted, so as to be in a condition to enjoy the institutions of religion. Capt. Simon Willard, of Concord, and Capt. Edward Johnson, of Woburn, were appointed to lay out the plantation or township. This was done in June following. 

Within eighteen months, the condition aforesaid was satisfied, and a meeting was held at which provision was made for the support of Rev. John Fiske, the excellent minister of Wenbam, who had agreed to become their minister. Mr. Fiske came to New England in 1637; was a teacher of youth in Salem about three years, and at the gathering of a church in Wenham, 1644, was ordained its pastor. In 1655, he, with a majority of that church, removed to Chelmsford, and continued in the pastoral office there, highly esteemed, till his death, Jan. 14, 1677, aged 76. 

Some enlargement of the tract was soon found necessary, and the bounds of Chelmsford were eventually extended so as to include the Indian plantation already mentioned, and likewise all Westford, part of Carlisle, and Dracut on the north side of the Merrimack. 

The Indians in and near Chelmsford were peaceable neighbors to the whites. They were however, few in number. At their plantation in Wamesit there were, in 1674, only about seventy-five souls. This small number soon wasted away. They had little energy or foresight; they did not love to work; they lived mostly by hunting and fishing, and they were disposed to sell their lands to their white neighbors at a low rate. They therefore sold to individuals as they had opportunity, until they had but a moderate quantity left, which was known as the Wamesit Pasture. 

This small remainder, bounded east by Concord River, as far down as its now stands Lowell--bounded south by a little brook, called Speen's Brook. [Midd. Deeds, xii. 204.] 

Capt. Josiah Richardson2 died intestate, June 22, 1695, aged 60. His widow Remembrance and his seven surviving children divide his estate among them, March 12, 1695-6. [Midd. Prob. Records, as copied vol. viii. pp. 811-814.] His estate was appraised at œ697. 5. 6. 




  iii   JOSIAH, bp. Charlestown 7 November 1635 [ChChR 46]; m. Concord 6 June 1659 Remembrance Underwood (recorded Chelmsford).

Marriage Notes for JOSIAH RICHARDSON and REMEMBRANCE UNDERWOOD:
Married by Capt. Simon Willard of Concord.
	
Children of JOSIAH RICHARDSON and REMEMBRANCE UNDERWOOD are:
4.	i.	LT. JOSIAH4 RICHARDSON, b. 18 May 1665, Chelmsford, MA; d. 17 October 1711, Chelmsford, MA.
5.	ii.	SARAH RICHARDSON, b. 25 March 1660, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA; d. 30 January 1747/48, Dunstable, MA.
6.	iii.	CAPT. JONATHAN RICHARDSON, b. 08 October 1667, Chelmsford, MA; d. 21 February 1753, Chelmsford, MA.
7.	iv.	MARY RICHARDSON, b. 14 April 1662, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
8.	v.	JOHN RICHARDSON, b. 14 February 1669/70, Chelmsford, MA; d. 13 September 1746, Chelmsford, MA.
9.	vi.	SAMUEL RICHARDSON, b. 21 February 1672/73, Chelmsford, MA; d. 23 April 1754, Chelmsford, MA.
	vii.	REMEMBRANCE RICHARDSON, b. 20 April 1674, Chelmsford, MA; d. Bef. 1696.
	viii.	SUSANNA RICHARDSON, b. 1676, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. HENRY FARWELL; b. Abt. 1676; d. Unknown.


Generation No. 4

4.  LT. JOSIAH4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)1 was born 18 May 1665 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 17 October 1711 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married MERCY PARISH 14 December 1687 in Chelmsford, MA, daughter of ROBERT PARISH and ELISABETH BLANCHARD.  She was born Abt. 1667 in Dunstable, MA, and died 25 April 1743 in Chelmsford, MA.

Notes for LT. JOSIAH RICHARDSON:
Ref. Richardson Memorial:
Josiah lived in Chelmsford, near Concord River, was alieutenant and farmer.  He was town clerk 1693 and 1694; selectman, etc.

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Children of JOSIAH RICHARDSON and MERCY PARISH are:
10.	i.	MERCY5 RICHARDSON, b. 09 January 1688/89, Chelmsford, MA; d. 25 December 1743, Dracut, MA.
11.	ii.	CAPT. JOSIAH RICHARDSON, b. 05 May 1691, Chelmsford, MA; d. 31 December 1776, Chelmsford, MA.
12.	iii.	ROBERT RICHARDSON, b. 02 October 1693, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	ZACHARIAH RICHARDSON, b. February 1695/96, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. SARAH BUTTERFIELD; b. 23 September 1701, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.

Notes for ZACHARIAH RICHARDSON:
Ref. The Butterfields of Middlesex, NEHGR, Vol. 44:
Zachariah and Sarah had 12 children.

	v.	HANNAH RICHARDSON, b. 28 September 1698, Chelmsford, MA; d. Aft. 14 November 1712.
13.	vi.	WILLIAM RICHARDSON, b. 19 September 1701, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown, Pelham, NH.

5.  SARAH4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 25 March 1660 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, and died 30 January 1747/48 in Dunstable, MA.  She married LT. WILLIAM FLETCHER, JR. 19 September 1677 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA2, son of WILLIAM FLETCHER and LYDIA FAIRBANKS.  He was born 22 February 1656/57 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, and died 23 May 1712 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.

Notes for LT. WILLIAM FLETCHER, JR.:
Received a lieutenant's commission from gov. Dudley, at Boston, in 1704.

of Nottingham West

More About LT. WILLIAM FLETCHER, JR.:
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Children of SARAH RICHARDSON and WILLIAM FLETCHER are:
14.	i.	ESTHER5 FLETCHER, b. 1685, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA; d. 21 September 1767, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.
15.	ii.	SARAH FLETCHER, b. 26 May 1679, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	WILLIAM FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1681; d. Unknown.
	iv.	REUBEN FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1683; d. Unknown.
	v.	JOSIAH FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1685; d. Unknown.
	vi.	MARY FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1687; d. Unknown.
	vii.	LYDIA FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1689; d. Unknown.
	viii.	ROBERT FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1691; d. Unknown.
	ix.	BETHIEL FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1693; d. Unknown.
	x.	EZEKIEL FLETCHER, b. 24 November 1694; d. Unknown.
	xi.	DANIEL FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1696, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. SARAH RICHARDSON; b. 16 June 1706, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	xii.	DEBORAH FLETCHER, b. 18 March 1698/99; d. Unknown.
	xiii.	PHEBE FLETCHER, b. 24 November 1700; d. Unknown.
	xiv.	REBECCA FLETCHER, b. 29 January 1701/02; d. Unknown.
16.	xv.	PHOEBE FLETCHER, b. 24 November 1700, Chelmsford, MA; d. 21 January 1742/43, Westford, MA.

6.  CAPT. JONATHAN4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)3 was born 08 October 1667 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 21 February 1753 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married ELIZABETH BATES 08 November 1692 in Chelmsford, MA, daughter of JOHN BATES and MARY.  She was born 22 December 1671 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown.

Notes for CAPT. JONATHAN RICHARDSON:
Ref Cutter.

Ref. Richardson Memorial:
CAPT. JONATHAN RICHARDSON3 (Josiah,2 Ezekiel1), brother of the preceding; born in Chelmsford, Oct. 8, 1667; married, Nov. 8, 1692, ELIZABETH BATES, born there, Dec. 22, 1671, daughter of John and Mary Bates, early settlers in Chelmsford. John Bates was one of the purchasers of the "Wamesit Pasture." 

Jonathan Richardson passed his life in Chelmsford. He died Feb. 21, 1753, leaving a widow Elizabeth, an only son Jonathan, and seven married daughters, four of whom married Colburns. His will is dated Sept. 12, 1750; proved April 9, 1753. 

He had for those days a comfortable property; it was appraised at œ744. 17. This appraisment was made in "lawful money," resting on a specie basis; the silver wherewith to redeem the "Bills of Credit" having been received from England in September, 1749. It came from the royal treasury to refund the charges incurred by the province of Massachusetts by the capture of Louisburg in 1745. The old depreciated currency was not allowed to circulate after March, 1750. 

Rev. Thomas Parker, of Dracut, a son-in-law, was the executor. 
(*) Her name on the County Records is sometimes given as Mary Parris, which is manifestly incorrect. On the Town Records it is also given as Parris. Our ancestors said Parris instead of Parish, and Coburn instead of Colburn, and often in similar cases.  

The will mentions a grandson, William Adams, a granddaughter, Thankful Butterfield, who has children Benjamin and Thankful. This Thankful Butterfield was the wife of Benjamin Butterfield, and daughter of Elizabeth, the testator's daughter. 

The children of Capt. Jonathan Richardson were:
   109.  Jonathan,4 b. Dec. 28, 1693; m. widow Elizabeth Howard, of Newton, May 18, 1724. They probably removed from Chelmsford, 
           as I find no record of any children there. This may be the reason why he was not executor of his father's will. He appears to have died in Pelham in 1753. 
  +110.  Elizabeth,4 b. Oct. 19, 1696; m. Edward Colburn. 
  +111.  Mary,4 b. June 26, 1699; m. Samuel Colburn. 
  +112.  Lydia,4 b. July 14, 1702; m. Rev. Thomas Parker. 
   113.  Olive,4 b. June 26, 1706; m. John Colburn. He died June, 1739. 
  +114.  Thankful,4 b. Aug. 16, 1709; m. Ezra Colburn. 
   115.  Lucy,4 b. April 6, 1712; m. John Sprague, of Charlestown. 
   116.  Sarah,4 b. 171-; m. William Pierce. 



	
Children of JONATHAN RICHARDSON and ELIZABETH BATES are:
	i.	JONATHAN5 RICHARDSON, b. 28 December 1693, Chelmsford, MA; d. 1753, Pelham; m. ELIZABETH (WIDOW) HOWARD, 18 May 1724; b. Abt. 1693, Newton, MA; d. Unknown.
17.	ii.	ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, b. 19 October 1696, Chelmsford, MA; d. 10 December 1743, Dracut, MA.
18.	iii.	MARY RICHARDSON, b. 26 June 1699, Chelmsford, MA; d. 28 October 1754.
19.	iv.	LYDIA RICHARDSON, b. 14 July 1702, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	OLIVE RICHARDSON, b. 26 June 1706, Chelmsford, MA; d. 05 March 1751/52, Dracut, MA; m. (1) MR. ADAMS, Bef. 1744; b. Abt. 1706; d. Unknown; m. (2) CAPT. JOHN COLBURN, 12 January 1744/45, Chelmsford, MA4; b. 13 April 1690, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.

More About CAPT. JOHN COLBURN:
Vital Records: Dracut, MA

20.	vi.	THANKFUL RICHARDSON, b. 16 August 1709, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown, Dracut, MA.
	vii.	LUCY RICHARDSON, b. 06 April 1712, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. JOHN SPRAGUE; b. Abt. 1712, Charlestown, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	SARAH RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1714, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM PIERCE, 07 October 1739, Chelmsford, MA4; b. 07 May 1713, Chelmsford, MA; d. 1754, Groton, MA.

7.  MARY4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 14 April 1662 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown.  She married THOMAS COLBURN 1681 in Chelmsford, MA, son of EDWARD COLBURN and HANNAH.  He was born 1648 in Ipswich, MA, and died 1728 in Dracut, MA.
	
Child of MARY RICHARDSON and THOMAS COLBURN is:
	i.	DANIEL5 COLBURN, b. 01 January 1678/79, Ipswich, MA; d. Unknown.

8.  JOHN4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)5 was born 14 February 1669/70 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 13 September 1746 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married ELIZABETH FARWELL 31 January 1693/94 in Chelmsford, MA.  She was born Abt. 1670 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 09 May 1722 in Chelmsford, MA.
	
Children of JOHN RICHARDSON and ELIZABETH FARWELL are:
	i.	ELIZABETH5 RICHARDSON, b. 12 March 1694/95, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SARAH RICHARDSON, b. 05 August 1696, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. JOHN COLBURN, 12 February 1767, Dracut, MA6; b. Abt. 1696, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	HANNAH RICHARDSON, b. 18 March 1702/03, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	MARY RICHARDSON, b. 11 July 1705, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
21.	v.	JOHN RICHARDSON, b. 16 November 1711, Chelmsford, MA; d. 28 August 1764, Chelmsford, MA.
	vi.	SUSANNA RICHARDSON, b. 15 December 1712, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. HENRY (TWIN) SPAULDING; b. 06 September 1703, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	HENRY RICHARDSON, b. 19 September 1714, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. PRISCILLA SPAULDING; b. Abt. 1714; d. Unknown.

9.  SAMUEL4 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)7 was born 21 February 1672/73 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 23 April 1754 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married RACHEL HOWARD 27 January 1702/03 in Chelmsford, MA.  She was born Abt. 1673, and died Unknown.
	
Children of SAMUEL RICHARDSON and RACHEL HOWARD are:
	i.	RACHEL5 RICHARDSON, b. 14 April 1704; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SARAH RICHARDSON, b. 16 June 1706, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL FLETCHER; b. Abt. 1696, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	SAMUEL RICHARDSON, b. 17 April 1709; d. Unknown.
	iv.	ELEAZAR RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1720, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. LYDIA PERHAM; b. Abt. 1720; d. Unknown.


Generation No. 5

10.  MERCY5 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 09 January 1688/89 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 25 December 1743 in Dracut, MA.  She married MAJOR EPHRAIM HILDRETH 1707 in Chelmsford, MA, son of JAMES HILDRETH and MARGARET WARD.  He was born 09 June 1680 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 26 September 1740 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for MAJOR EPHRAIM HILDRETH:
Ref. Cutter:  Ephraim seems to have been a surveyor, and was repeatedly employed by the town.  During his early life he was a resident of Chelmsford, and after the part ofthe town in which he lived became Dracut, he became identified with the history of the new town.  He was town clerk of Dracut most of the time from 1713 to his death in 1740, and was succeeded by his son Ephraim.  It is rather remarkable that the succession continued through four generations.  After Ephraim Jr. came William and William Jr. in direct line.  

Ref. Richardson Memorial:
He was an active and influential man, first in Chelmsford, then in Dracut; a major in the militia, and otherwise honored. He (*) It was not granted for any public service, but to compensate Woburn for its alleged smallness of area See Sewall's Hist. of Woburn, pp. 35, 283, et seq. owned and sold land in Pelham, which had formerly, I believe, been in Dracut. 
He died Sept. 26, 1740. His wife, Mercy, died Dec. 23, 1743, aged 55. 

Ref. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1:
Ephraim seems to have been a surveyor, and was repeatedly employed by the town. During his early life he was a resident of Chelmsford, and after the part of the town in which he lived became Dracut he became identified with the history of the new town. He was town clerk of Dracut most of the time from 1713 to his death in 1740, and was succeeded as clerk by his son Ephraim. It is rather remarkable that the succession continued through four generations. After Ephraim, Jr., came William and William, Jr., in direct line. On March 3, 1800, Licutenant Israel Hildreth was chosen town clerk, making the fifth Hildreth in successive generations to hold the position. 

Major Hildreth was a commissioner September 3, 1734, from Dracut to other neighboring towns concerning a new county, of which Chelmsford was to be the county seat. He was sergeant in 1712. He was assessor, surveyor of highways, tithingman, town treasurer, trustee and selectman of the town of Dracut at various times. He served on many special committees for the town. He became captain about 1722 and major about 1736. His will was proved in 1740. It mentions his children by name. Children were: 1. Ephraim, Jr., born July 18, 1708; died in Dracut, Massachusetts, August 5, 1769; was very prominent in Dracut, town clerk, selectman, ensign and many other offices; married Mary Clark, of Chelmsford, February 11, 1735. 2. Josiah, born February 14, 1710; died in Dracut, August 7, 1754; married Rebecca Wright, of Dracut, December 20, 1740; was town clerk in 1747. 3. Robert (see forward). 4. Mcrcy or Mary, born January 27, 1715; died in Dracut, Massachusetts, December 10, 1729. 5. Zachariah, born September 26, 1718; died in Dracut, January 10, 1745. 



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Children of MERCY RICHARDSON and EPHRAIM HILDRETH are:
	i.	THOMAS6 HILDRETH, b. 1707, Chelmsford, MA; d. 07 October 1707, Chelmsford, MA.
22.	ii.	ENSIGN EPHRAIM HILDRETH, b. 18 January 1708/09, Chelmsford, MA; d. 05 August 1769, Dracut, MA.
23.	iii.	JOSIAH HILDRETH, b. 14 February 1710/11, Chelmsford, MA; d. 07 August 1754, Dracut, MA.
24.	iv.	ROBERT HILDRETH, b. 18 May 1713, Dracut, MA; d. 1760.
	v.	MERCY HILDRETH, b. 27 January 1715/16, Dracut, MA; d. 10 December 1729, Dracut, MA.
	vi.	ZACHARIAH HILDRETH, b. 26 September 1718, Dracut, MA; d. 10 January 1744/45, Dracut, MA.

Notes for ZACHARIAH HILDRETH:
Unmarried.

25.	vii.	ENSIGN THOMAS HILDRETH, b. 05 April 1721, Dracut, MA; d. 04 December 1755, Ft. Cumberland, MD.
26.	viii.	MAJOR WILLIAM HILDRETH, b. 30 August 1723, Dracut, MA; d. 05 September 1813.
27.	ix.	LEVI HILDRETH, b. 13 October 1726, Dracut, MA; d. 1765, Pelham, NH.
28.	x.	ELIJAH HILDRETH, b. 23 May 1728, Dracut, MA; d. 14 May 1814, Dracut, MA.
29.	xi.	MERCY HILDRETH, b. 27 November 1732; d. 11 February 1807.

11.  CAPT. JOSIAH5 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 05 May 1691 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 31 December 1776 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married (1) LYDIA (1ST).  She was born Abt. 1692, and died Unknown.  He married (2) ELIZABETH FRENCH.  She was born Abt. 1691, and died Unknown.

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Children of JOSIAH RICHARDSON and LYDIA (1ST) are:
	i.	LYDIA6 RICHARDSON, b. 04 November 1713, Chelmsford, MA; d. 04 November 1713, Chelmsford, MA.
	ii.	LYDIA RICHARDSON, b. 27 September 1714, Chelmsford, MA; d. 24 November 1753; m. THOMAS CUMMINGS, 17 July 1736; b. Abt. 1714, Ipswich, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	HANNAH RICHARDSON, b. 20 April 1717, Chelmsford, MA; d. 26 February 1717/18, Chelmsford, MA.
30.	iv.	JOSIAH RICHARDSON, b. 29 December 1718, Chelmsford, MA; d. 13 February 1756.
	v.	JONATHAN RICHARDSON, b. 19 December 1720, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. LUCY CLARK; b. Abt. 1720, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	EPHRAIM RICHARDSON, b. 12 September 1722, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH RICHARDSON; b. Abt. 1722; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MOSES RICHARDSON, b. 14 May 1724, Chelmsford, MA; d. 21 March 1725/26, Chelmsford, MA.
31.	viii.	HANNAH RICHARDSON, b. 25 December 1725, Dracut, MA; d. 19 October 1807, Dracut, MA.
	ix.	MOSES RICHARDSON, b. 12 June 1728, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH COLBURN; b. Abt. 1728; d. Unknown.
	x.	MERCY RICHARDSON, b. 05 January 1729/30, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. ABRAHAM COLBURN, JR., 20 October 1753; b. Abt. 1729, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	xi.	DAVID RICHARDSON, b. 05 June 1731, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH COLBURN; b. 17 April 1732, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	xii.	SAMUEL RICHARDSON, b. 28 March 1737, Chelmsford, MA; d. 28 March 1740, Chelmsford, MA.

12.  ROBERT5 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 02 October 1693 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown.  He married DEBORAH PARISH, daughter of ROBERT PARISH.  She was born Abt. 1693 in Dunstable, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Children of ROBERT RICHARDSON and DEBORAH PARISH are:
	i.	PHEBE6 RICHARDSON, b. 22 February 1718/19, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	PARISH RICHARDSON, b. 18 December 1724, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.

13.  WILLIAM5 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 19 September 1701 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown in Pelham, NH.  He married ELIZABETH COLBURN Abt. 1723, daughter of DANIEL COLBURN and SARAH BLOOD.  She was born Abt. 1703, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM RICHARDSON:
Ref. Richardson Memorial:
CAPT. WILLIAM RICHARDSON4 (Josiah,3 Josiah,2 Ezekiel1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Lieut. Josiah3 and Mercy (Parish) Richardson; born in Chelmsford, Sept. 19, 1701; married, about 1722, ELIZABETH COLBURN, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Colburn, of Dracut. 

He settled in Pelham, N. H., in 1722, and cultivated a farm there; commenced housekeeping there that year. Pelham was a part of Dracut, but separated from it in 1741, when, by an order of the Privy Council of England, sixteen towns were taken from Massachusetts and annexed to New Hampshire.(*) 

He was many years captain of a military company. He was also a representative in the General Court of the province. 

His will is dated April 1, 1776; proved Nov. 7, 1776. He died in the interval. It may be found among the probate records of Rockingham County, at Exeter, N. H. He mentions wife Elizabeth, daughter Molly, wife of Jacob Fletcher, and other children as below. Sons Asa and Daniel, executors. 


Children of Capt. William Richardson, born in Pelham, but all recorded in Dracut:
   235.  Elizabeth,5 b. July 27, 1724; m. Capt. Joseph Butterfield. 
   236.  Abner,5 no date given. 
   237.  Mary,5 b. April 18, 1728; m. Capt. Reuben Butterfield. They had  Asa (Butterfield) and James (Butterfield). She was living in 1794. 
   238.  William,5 b. January, 1730-1; was an ensign in a company of 
           soldiers under command of Capt. John Hazen, of Haverhill, 
           raised 1758, for the reduction of Ticonderoga and Crown 
           Point. Possibly I mistake the man. 
   239.  Mercy,5 b. June 17, 1736; m. Jacob Fletcher. [In her father's 
           will she is called Molly, an evident mistake in copying, for besides 
           her there was a Mary, the wife of Reuben Butterfield.] 

(*) The charter under which Massachusetts was settled was granted by 
Charles I., king of England, to sundry persons, on the 19th of March, 1627-8. 
It conveyed to these gentlemen, well known as the Massachusetts Company, 
all that tract of land, that portion of the earth's surface, extending from a 
point three miles north of the Merrimack River, and every part of it, to a 
point three miles south of Charles River, and every part of it, and within these 
limits from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, or Great South Sea. 

With a view to ascertain the northern limit of this grant, a commission was 
appointed in 1639 by the government of Massachusetts. The limit was found at 
the outlet of the Lake Winnipiseogee, where the Merrimack leaves said lake, 
and where it begins to be the Merrimack. A certain tree three miles north of 
this was marked as the northern limit of Massachusetts. It is plain as the 
day-light that this is the true north limit whence the line should run, according 
to the charter. 

One of the last acts of that profligate and irreligious prince, Charles II., was 
to annul the charter, and thus deprive the people of Massachusetts of any title 
to their lands, which were all held under this instrument. It was a most flagitious 
and wicked proceeding, though done under the forms of law, in the 
Chancery Court of England, October, 1685. The rights and liberties of Massachusetts 
now lay prostrate in the dust. The government of New Hampshire, 
taking advantage of this unhappy state of things--for the new charter of 1692 
did not recognize the old boundaries as established in 1628--after many efforts, 
continued through a score of years, at length prevailed on the Privy Council 
of England to issue the order referred to in the text. And thus, by a mere 
stroke of the pen, Massachusetts was shorn of a large portion of her heritage, 
of which she had full possession more than a century. 
 


	
Children of WILLIAM RICHARDSON and ELIZABETH COLBURN are:
	i.	ELIZABETH6 RICHARDSON, b. 27 July 1724, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. CAPT. JOSEPH BUTTERFIELD; b. Abt. 1724; d. Unknown.
	ii.	ABNER RICHARDSON, b. Abt. 1726, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
32.	iii.	MARY RICHARDSON, b. 18 April 1728, Dracut, MA; d. Aft. 1794.
	iv.	WILLIAM RICHARDSON, b. January 1730/31, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	MERCY RICHARDSON, b. 17 June 1736, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. JACOB FLETCHER; b. Abt. 1736; d. Unknown.
	vi.	ASA RICHARDSON, b. 23 February 1737/38; d. Unknown.
	vii.	SARAH RICHARDSON, b. 23 February 1741/42; d. Unknown; m. BENJAMIN GAGE; b. Abt. 1741; d. Unknown.
	viii.	HANNAH RICHARDSON, b. 08 March 1746/47, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. (1) LT. TIMOTHY SPAULDING, 04 August 1763; b. Abt. 1747, Westford, MA; d. Bef. 1795; m. (2) JOSEPH JEWETT, 12 November 1795; b. Abt. 1747, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ix.	DANIEL RICHARDSON, b. 11 March 1748/49, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. SARAH MERCHANT; b. Abt. 1749; d. Unknown.

14.  ESTHER5 FLETCHER (SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 1685 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, and died 21 September 1767 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.  She married DEACON STEPHEN PIERCE, JR. 05 January 1706/07 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, son of STEPHEN PIERCE and TABITHA PARKER.  He was born 10 April 1679 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, and died 09 September 1749 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.
	
Children of ESTHER FLETCHER and STEPHEN PIERCE are:
	i.	ROBERT6 PIERCE, b. 19 January 1707/08, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	OLIVER PIERCE, b. 15 May 1709, Chelmsford, MA; d. 25 November 1784, Chelmsford, MA; m. ANN HUNT, 21 March 1733/34, Billerica, MA; b. Abt. 1713, Billerica, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	ESTHER PIERCE, b. 24 April 1711, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	WILLIAM PIERCE, b. 07 May 1713, Chelmsford, MA; d. 1754, Groton, MA; m. SARAH RICHARDSON, 07 October 1739, Chelmsford, MA8; b. Abt. 1714, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	STEPHEN PIERCE, b. 10 April 1715, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	TABITHA PIERCE, b. 28 February 1715/16, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM FRENCH; b. Abt. 1715; d. Unknown.
	vii.	REMEMBRANCE PIERCE, b. 11 February 1718/19, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM POWERS, 14 November 1739, Chelmsford, MA; b. Abt. 1718; d. Unknown.
	viii.	SARAH PIERCE, b. 10 January 1720/21, Chelmsford, MA; d. 19 January 1745/46, Chelmsford, MA.
	ix.	MARY PIERCE, b. 14 December 1722, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
33.	x.	BENJAMIN PIERCE, b. 25 November 1726, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA; d. 16 June 1764, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.

15.  SARAH5 FLETCHER (SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 26 May 1679 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown.  She married NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD 18 January 1697/98 in Chelmsford, MA, son of NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD and DEBORAH UNDERWOOD.  He was born 28 January 1672/73 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 05 March 1747/48.

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Children of SARAH FLETCHER and NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD are:
	i.	LYDIA6 BUTTERFIELD, b. 19 September 1698, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. MR. FOSTER; b. Abt. 1715; d. Unknown.
	ii.	ESTHER BUTTERFIELD, b. 14 November 1703, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH MOORE, 21 June 1731, Chelmsford, MA; b. Abt. 1713; d. Unknown.
34.	iii.	NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD, b. 25 December 1711; d. 1756.

16.  PHOEBE5 FLETCHER (SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 24 November 1700 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 21 January 1742/43 in Westford, MA.  She married JOSEPH HILDRETH 29 March 1720 in Chelmsford, MA, son of JOSEPH HILDRETH and ABIGAIL WILSON.  He was born 30 November 1695 in Chelmsford, MA8, and died 04 January 1780 in Westford, MA.
	
Children of PHOEBE FLETCHER and JOSEPH HILDRETH are:
35.	i.	PHOEBE6 HILDRETH, b. 01 October 1721, Chelmsford, MA; d. 13 August 1762, Westford, MA.
36.	ii.	JOSEPH HILDRETH, b. 21 February 1723/24, Chelmsford, MA; d. 04 July 1796, Dummerston, VT.
	iii.	WILLIAM HILDRETH, b. 15 June 1728, Chelmsford, MA8; d. Unknown.
	iv.	HANNAH HILDRETH, b. 19 March 1737/38, Chelmsford, MA8; d. 08 March 1741/42.

17.  ELIZABETH5 RICHARDSON (JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 19 October 1696 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 10 December 1743 in Dracut, MA.  She married EDWARD COLBURN 1714, son of EZRA COLBURN and HANNAH VARNUM.  He was born Abt. 1696 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown in Dracut, MA.

Notes for EDWARD COLBURN:




	
Children of ELIZABETH RICHARDSON and EDWARD COLBURN are:
	i.	ELIZABETH6 COLBURN, b. 13 May 1715, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
37.	ii.	THANKFUL COLBURN, b. 23 November 1717, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	REBECCA COLBURN, b. 23 May 1719, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	EDWARD COLBURN, b. 29 December 1721, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	DANIEL COLBURN, b. 23 January 1723/24, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	OLIVE COLBURN, b. 20 May 1726, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	SARAH COLBURN, b. 20 September 1729, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	LUCY COLBURN, b. 04 May 1731, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	ix.	WILLARD COLBURN, b. 28 October 1734, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.

18.  MARY5 RICHARDSON (JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 26 June 1699 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 28 October 1754.  She married DR. SAMUEL COLBURN9 30 June 1716 in Chelmsford, MA10, son of EZRA COLBURN and HANNAH VARNUM.  He was born 18 September 1684 in Dracut, MA, and died 22 December 1756 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for DR. SAMUEL COLBURN:
Samuel was a physician.
	
Children of MARY RICHARDSON and SAMUEL COLBURN are:
	i.	MARY6 COLBURN, b. 27 June 1718, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SAMUEL COLBURN, b. 18 March 1719/20, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. MARY BRADSTREET, 1743; b. Abt. 1723; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JONATHAN COLBURN, b. 01 June 1722, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown, Died young.
38.	iv.	HANNAH COLBURN, b. 03 April 1726, Dracut, MA; d. 11 May 1753, Dracut, MA.
39.	v.	JONATHAN COLBURN, b. 17 January 1729/30, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	ELIZABETH COLBURN, b. 17 April 1732, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. DAVID RICHARDSON; b. 05 June 1731, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MARTHA COLBURN, b. 19 August 1734, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	HEZEKIAH COLBURN, b. 07 April 1737, Dracut, MA; d. 03 June 1742, Dracut, MA.

19.  LYDIA5 RICHARDSON (JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 14 July 1702 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown.  She married REV. THOMAS PARKER11, son of JOSIAH PARKER and ELIZABETH SAXON.  He was born 07 December 1700 in Cambridge, MA, and died 18 March 1765 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for REV. THOMAS PARKER:
Rev. Thomas Parker was the first minister of Dracut.  He graduated at Harvard College in 1718; was invited to settle in Dracut, 1720, and accepted the invitation 30 Jan 1720/1.  Dracut, formerly a part of Chelsford, was incorporated as a to wn 26 Feb 1700/1.  There was no church until the ordination of Mr. Parker, who was pastor there forty-five years.
	
Children of LYDIA RICHARDSON and THOMAS PARKER are:
	i.	THOMAS6 PARKER, b. 21 October 1721, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	LYDIA PARKER, b. 02 February 1723/24, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown, Died young.
	iii.	LYDIA PARKER, b. 10 June 1725, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	WILLIAM PARKER, b. 14 January 1726/27, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	ELIZABETH PARKER, b. 05 January 1728/29, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	LUCY PARKER, b. 05 January 1731/32, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	SARAH PARKER, b. 03 October 1735; d. Unknown.

20.  THANKFUL5 RICHARDSON (JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 16 August 1709 in Chelmsford, MA, and died Unknown in Dracut, MA.  She married EZRA COLBURN, JR. 25 February 1732/33 in Chelmsford, MA12, son of EZRA COLBURN and LUCY NELSON.  He was born 06 January 1707/08 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.

Notes for EZRA COLBURN, JR.:
Ref. Richardson Memorial:
THANKFUL RICHARDSON4 (Jonathan,3 Josiah,2 Ezekiel1), sister of the preceding; born in Chelmsford, Aug. 16, 1709; married EZRA COLBURN, born Jan. 6, 1708-9, son of Ezra and Lucy Colburn. They lived in Dracut. 




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Children of THANKFUL RICHARDSON and EZRA COLBURN are:
40.	i.	EZRA6 COLBURN, b. 19 April 1734, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	THANKFUL COLBURN, b. 24 February 1734/35, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	LUCY COLBURN, b. 19 April 1738, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JESSE COLBURN, b. 13 September 1740, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown, Died young.
	v.	ELIZABETH COLBURN, b. 21 October 1742, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JEMIMA (TWIN) COLBURN, b. 19 September 1744, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	JESSE (TWIN) COLBURN, b. 19 September 1744, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	SAMPSON COLBURN, b. 19 July 1745, Dracut, MA13; d. Unknown.
	ix.	LYDIA COLBURN, b. 30 March 1749; d. Unknown.
	x.	SARAH COLBURN, b. 03 July 1753, Dracut, MA13; d. Unknown.

21.  JOHN5 RICHARDSON (JOHN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1)14 was born 16 November 1711 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 28 August 1764 in Chelmsford, MA.  He married ESTHER 1733.  She was born Abt. 1713, and died Aft. 12 August 1774 in Chelmsford, MA.
	
Children of JOHN RICHARDSON and ESTHER are:
	i.	SILAS6 RICHARDSON, b. 21 August 1734, Chelmsford, MA; d. 12 August 1774, Chelmsford, MA; m. LYDIA FLETCHER; b. Abt. 1734; d. Unknown.
	ii.	ESTHER RICHARDSON, b. 04 June 1736, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN SPAULDING; b. Abt. 1736; d. Unknown.
	iii.	ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, b. 02 March 1737/38, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM ADAMS; b. Abt. 1737; d. Unknown.


Generation No. 6

22.  ENSIGN EPHRAIM6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 18 January 1708/09 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 05 August 1769 in Dracut, MA.  He married MARY CLARK 11 February 1735/36 in Dracut, MA, daughter of JAMES CLARK and ELIZABETH.  She was born 25 June 1711 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 10 May 1796 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for ENSIGN EPHRAIM HILDRETH:
Ephraim was town clerk, 1763.

More About ENSIGN EPHRAIM HILDRETH:
Vital Records: Dracut, MA
	
Children of EPHRAIM HILDRETH and MARY CLARK are:
	i.	SIMEON7 WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1737; d. Unknown.
	ii.	MICAH WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1739; d. Unknown.
	iii.	BETTY WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1741; d. Unknown.
	iv.	EPHRAIM WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1743; d. Unknown.
	v.	MARGET WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1745; d. Unknown.
	vi.	KEZIA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1747; d. Unknown.

23.  JOSIAH6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 14 February 1710/11 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 07 August 1754 in Dracut, MA.  He married REBECCA WRIGHT 20 December 1740 in Chelmsford, MA, daughter of EDWARD WRIGHT and SARAH.  She was born 26 December 1723 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Children of JOSIAH HILDRETH and REBECCA WRIGHT are:
	i.	REBECCA7 HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1742, Dracut; d. Unknown.
	ii.	MIRIAM HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1744, Dracut; d. Unknown.
	iii.	HANNAH HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1746, Dracut; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JOSIAH HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1748, Dracut; d. Unknown.
	v.	OLIVE HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1750, Dracut; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JOHN HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1752; d. Unknown.

24.  ROBERT6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 18 May 1713 in Dracut, MA, and died 1760.  He married SARAH ABBOT 15 November 1734 in Chelmsford, MA, daughter of DAVID ABBOT and HANNAH DANFORTH.  She was born Abt. 1719 in Andover, MA, and died 05 March 1814.

Notes for ROBERT HILDRETH:
Origin of the Hildreth Family, Author: Captain Philip Reade, Call Number: R929.2 H644, p/68:
ROBERT HILDRETH. (A. D. 1713-1756.)
Third son of Major Ephraim Hildreth, born, Dracut, May 18, 1713, married Sarah Abbott of Andover, Nov. 15. 

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol 1
IV) Robert Hildreth, son of Ephraim Hildreth (3), born at Dracut, Massachusetts, May 18, 1713; married Sarah Abbott, of Andover, Massachusetts, November 15, 1734. Robert Hildreth settled in Dracut. He was elected deer reeve March 5, 1749. His wife was school teacher for a time in Dracut. He served on various committees for the town. 

Notes for SARAH ABBOT:
Note:  "Genes of Abraham Parker" lists Sarah's parents as Daniel & Sarah (Danforth) Abbot, while the Abbot family records list them as David and Hannah (Danforth) Abbot.

  
	
Children of ROBERT HILDRETH and SARAH ABBOT are:
	i.	SARAH7 HILDRETH, b. 31 August 1735, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. SIMEON WOOD, 16 November 1754, Dracut, MA; b. Abt. 1735, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	BRIDGET HILDRETH, b. 26 May 1737, Dracut, MA; d. Abt. 1837; m. ELEAZER COBURN, 01 November 1760, Dracut, MA; b. 04 March 1734/35, Dracut, MA; d. 07 May 1810.

Notes for BRIDGET HILDRETH:



Bridget lived to be 100 years old.

Notes for ELEAZER COBURN:
Info provided by Dick Bain10/9/00.

Ref. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 3, p. 689:
Private, Capt. Reuben Butterfield's Co., Col. David Green's regt. which marched on the alarm of Apr. 18, 1775 to Cambridge; leftplace of rendezvous Apr. 25, 1775, service 6 days; also Capt. John Ford's Co., receipt for mileage, etc., dated Ticonderoga Aug. 28, 1776; also same Co. receipt for wages to Oct. 1, 1776 dated Ticonderoga, Oct. , 1776; roll endorsed "marched from Chelmsford July 25, 1776, discharged at Albany, NY Jan. 1, 1777.

	iii.	ROBERT HILDRETH, b. 07 May 1739, Dracut, MA; d. 17 August 1741, Dracut, MA.
	iv.	PAUL HILDRETH, b. 05 October 1746, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. HANNAH MERRILL, Abt. 1769; b. Abt. 1749; d. Unknown.

Notes for PAUL HILDRETH:
Ref. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1:
(V.) Paul Hildreth, son of Robert Hildreth (4), was born at Dracut, Massachusetts, October 5, 1746. He was the first white settler at what is now Lewiston, Maine. He was a hunter. He built a log house there in 1770, and was a resident of the village in 1788, and was there when the place was incorporated on February 18, 1795. The route by which he went to Lewiston from Dracut was down the Merrimac river to the sea in a boat. He was towed by a sailing vessel to Harraseket, now Freeport, Maine. Thence he went by portages through the forest to Royalstown, now Durham, where he again put out in his boat and eventually arrived at Twenty Mile falls in safety. He was joined in 1771 by David Pettingill and one of the Dracut Varnums, and one other from New Gloucester. Before he was married he had his cabin on the island in the river above the falls. The light in his cabin, by which he frequently read late at night, was a beacon to guide the Indians who were not afraid of the rapids. On one occasion an Indian girl warned him of a plot to murder him at night. The Indians were jealous of his success in killing otter. Paul shifted the beacon, putting his lantern in his boat, anchored in such a place that if the Indians came and mistook 
the light for the cabin where it usually shone, they would be swept over the falls and lost. The trick was successful and the Indians, who never discovered the trick, left him alone afterward, believing that he had a charmed life. 

He married Hannah Merrill. The record of their children here is incomplete. Two of them were: 1. David, born November 9, 1770; died at Gardiner, Maine, July 12, 1848, aged seventy-seven years, eight months. He married April 22, 1792, Esther Moody, daughter, probably, of Samuel and Esther Moody who were early settlers of Industry, Maine. She was born in Waterboro, Maine, May 16, 1770. David Hildreth settled in Industry, Maine, in 1804, on the place now or lately owned by Charles S. Rackliff. He removed later to Gardiner, Maine, where he owned a saw mill. He was captain of the Industry militia company. His wife died in Gardiner, February 15, 1842. They had ten children, the two eldest of which were born in Lewiston. Maine, where Paul Hildreth lived and where David was born. 2. Robert (see forward). 




	v.	SUSANNA HILDRETH, b. 05 December 1748, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	BENJAMIN HILDRETH, b. 23 January 1754, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.

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	vii.	ROBERT HILDRETH, b. 23 February 1739/40, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.

25.  ENSIGN THOMAS6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 05 April 1721 in Dracut, MA, and died 04 December 1755 in Ft. Cumberland, MD.  He married HANNAH COLBURN 13 December 1746 in Dracut, MA, daughter of ROBERT COLBURN and HANNAH.  She was born Abt. 1721, and died 22 January 1783.

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Vital Records: Dracut, MA
	
Children of THOMAS HILDRETH and HANNAH COLBURN are:
	i.	HANNAH7 HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1785; d. Unknown.
	ii.	DAVID HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1787; d. Unknown.

26.  MAJOR WILLIAM6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 30 August 1723 in Dracut, MA, and died 05 September 1813.  He married TABITHA COLBURN 07 November 1747 in Dracut, MA, daughter of WILLIAM COLBURN and TABITHA SMITH.  She was born 29 November 1727, and died 09 February 1788 in Dracut.

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Vital Records: Dracut, MA
	
Children of WILLIAM HILDRETH and TABITHA COLBURN are:
	i.	MICAH7 HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1749, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. MRS. SIBBIL COLBURN, 01 July 1775, Dracut, MA; b. Abt. 1750; d. Unknown.
	ii.	PRUDENCE HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1751; d. Unknown.
	iii.	WILLIAM HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1753; d. Unknown.
	iv.	MARCY HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1755; d. Unknown.
	v.	DAVID (TWIN) HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1757; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JONATHAN (TWIN) HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1757; d. Unknown.

27.  LEVI6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 13 October 1726 in Dracut, MA, and died 1765 in Pelham, NH.  He married MARY (CLEMENTS) CLEMMONS 13 December 1746.  She was born Abt. 1726, and died Unknown.

Notes for LEVI HILDRETH:
Ref "Genes of Abraham Parker":  They lived in Pelham, probably on land set off from Dracut when the boundary line was established between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

	
Children of LEVI HILDRETH and MARY CLEMMONS are:
	i.	ZACHARIAH7 HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1748; d. Unknown.
	ii.	MOLLY HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1750; d. Unknown.
	iii.	ASA HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1752; d. Unknown.
	iv.	SAMUEL HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1754; d. Unknown.
	v.	LEVI HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1756; d. Unknown.
	vi.	EPHRAIM HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1758; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MARY HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1760; d. Unknown.
	viii.	THANKFUL HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1762; d. Unknown.
	ix.	ELLEN HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1764; d. Unknown.

28.  ELIJAH6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 23 May 1728 in Dracut, MA, and died 14 May 1814 in Dracut, MA.  He married (1) HANNAH COLBURN 27 December 1746 in Dracut, MA, daughter of SAMUEL COLBURN and MARY RICHARDSON.  She was born 03 April 1726 in Dracut, MA, and died 11 May 1753 in Dracut, MA.  He married (2) SUSANNA MERRILL 01 February 1755 in Dracut, MA, daughter of ABEL MERRILL and SARAH BODWELL.  She was born 03 October 1733 in Methuen, MA, and died 17 October 1764 in Dracut, MA.  He married (3) HANNAH RICHARDSON 20 June 1765 in Tewksbury, MA, daughter of JOSIAH RICHARDSON and LYDIA (1ST).  She was born 25 December 1725 in Dracut, MA, and died 19 October 1807 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for ELIJAH HILDRETH:
Ref. Cutter:  Elijah was enrolled as a minute man in the Revolution, and was first on the roll of Captain Simon Hunt's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards from July 1 to December 15, 1778.

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Children of ELIJAH HILDRETH and HANNAH COLBURN are:
	i.	JEREMIAH7 HILDRETH, b. 03 March 1747/48, Dracut, MA; d. 26 November 1753, Dracut, MA.
	ii.	HANNAH HILDRETH, b. 04 May 1750, Dracut, MA; d. 23 February 1755, Dracut, MA.
	iii.	ELIJAH HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1752; d. Unknown.
	
Children of ELIJAH HILDRETH and SUSANNA MERRILL are:
	iv.	ISRAEL7 HILDRETH, b. 13 October 1755, Dracut, MA; d. 06 September 1839, Dracut, MA; m. SUSANNA HALE, 28 April 1781, Dracut, MA; b. Abt. 1761; d. 27 February 1834.

Notes for ISRAEL HILDRETH:
Ref. Cutter:  When he was nineteen years old he went to Newburyport and went on a schooner as privateersman.


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	v.	HANNAH HILDRETH, b. 15 October 1757, Dracut, MA; d. 16 January 1850; m. OBADIAH RICHARDSON, 06 July 1775, Dracut, MA; b. Abt. 1757; d. Unknown.

Notes for HANNAH HILDRETH:
Dracut VR lists  her as Mrs. Hannah of Metheuing.

	vi.	SUSANNA HILDRETH, b. 30 September 1764, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, 23 November 1785, Dracut, MA; b. Abt. 1764; d. Unknown.

More About WILLIAM RICHARDSON:
Vital Records: Dracut, MA.
	
Child of ELIJAH HILDRETH and HANNAH RICHARDSON is:
	vii.	HULDAH7 HILDRETH, b. 02 February 1766, Dracut, MA; d. Unknown.

Notes for HULDAH HILDRETH:
Ref. "Genes of Abraham Parker":  Hildreth Family Association says "she never married, was somewhat simple minded, her parents were cousins and she had an illegitimate child Abijah Reed.".

29.  MERCY6 HILDRETH (MERCY5 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 27 November 1732, and died 11 February 1807.  She married JONATHAN COLBURN 06 October 1753 in Dracut, MA, son of SAMUEL COLBURN and MARY RICHARDSON.  He was born 17 January 1729/30 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.

Notes for MERCY HILDRETH:
Family info from "Genes of Abraham Parker."

More About JONATHAN COLBURN:
Vital Records: Dracut, MA
	
Children of MERCY HILDRETH and JONATHAN COLBURN are:
	i.	MARCY7 COLBURN, b. 14 September 1755, Dracut, MA15; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SAUL (TWIN) COLBURN, b. 29 August 1757, Dracut, MA15; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JONATHAN (TWIN) COLBURN, b. 29 August 1757, Dracut, MA15; d. Unknown.
	iv.	THADDEUS COLBURN, b. Abt. 1760; d. Unknown.
	v.	SARAH COLBURN, b. Abt. 1762; d. Unknown.
	vi.	ABIGAIL COLBURN, b. Abt. 1764; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MICAH COLBURN, b. Abt. 1766; d. Unknown.

30.  JOSIAH6 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH5, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 29 December 1718 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 13 February 1756.  He married SARAH VARNUM 11 August 1753.  She was born Abt. 1733 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Child of JOSIAH RICHARDSON and SARAH VARNUM is:
	i.	SARAH7 RICHARDSON, b. 29 April 1755; d. Unknown.

31.  HANNAH6 RICHARDSON (JOSIAH5, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 25 December 1725 in Dracut, MA, and died 19 October 1807 in Dracut, MA.  She married (1) JOSHUA COLBURN, son of JOHN COLBURN and SARAH.  He was born 13 August 1728 in Dracut, MA15, and died Bef. 1765.  She married (2) ELIJAH HILDRETH 20 June 1765 in Tewksbury, MA, son of EPHRAIM HILDRETH and MERCY RICHARDSON.  He was born 23 May 1728 in Dracut, MA, and died 14 May 1814 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for ELIJAH HILDRETH:
Ref. Cutter:  Elijah was enrolled as a minute man in the Revolution, and was first on the roll of Captain Simon Hunt's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards from July 1 to December 15, 1778.

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Child is listed above under (28) Elijah HILDRETH.

32.  MARY6 RICHARDSON (WILLIAM5, JOSIAH4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 18 April 1728 in Dracut, MA, and died Aft. 1794.  She married CAPT. REUBEN BUTTERFIELD.  He was born Abt. 1728, and died Unknown.
	
Children of MARY RICHARDSON and REUBEN BUTTERFIELD are:
	i.	ASA7 BUTTERFIELD, b. Abt. 1750; d. Unknown.
	ii.	JAMES BUTTERFIELD, b. Abt. 1752; d. Unknown.

33.  BENJAMIN6 PIERCE (ESTHER5 FLETCHER, SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 25 November 1726 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA, and died 16 June 1764 in Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA.  He married ELIZABETH MERRILL 02 August 1746 in Methuen, MA, daughter of ABEL MERRILL and SARAH BODWELL.  She was born 22 February 1727/28 in Methuen, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Child of BENJAMIN PIERCE and ELIZABETH MERRILL is:
	i.	GOVERNOR BENJAMIN7 PIERCE, JR., b. 25 December 1757, Chelmsford, Mdlsx, MA; d. 01 April 1839, Hillsboro, NH; m. ANNA KENDRICK, 01 February 1790; b. 30 October 1768, Amherst, NH; d. 07 December 1838, Hillsboro, NH.

More About GOVERNOR BENJAMIN PIERCE, JR.:
Fact 6: Ancestors of American Presidents by G. B. Roberts c. 1989.

34.  NATHANIEL6 BUTTERFIELD (SARAH5 FLETCHER, SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 25 December 1711, and died 1756.  He married ABIGAIL HUNT October 1733 in Chelmsford, MA.  She was born 01 December 1710, and died 06 March 1773.

Notes for NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD:
Ref. The Butterfields of Middlesex, NEHGR Vol. 44:
Nathaniel was a soldier in the French War, and died on the Crown Point Expedition, 1758.  He had sons Nathaniel and Elijah, the latter of whom deceased in early manhood.

More About NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD:
Vital Records: Chelmsford, MA
	
Children of NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD and ABIGAIL HUNT are:
	i.	NATHANIEL7 BUTTERFIELD, b. 28 January 1733/34, Chelmsford, MA; d. 24 September 1809; m. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, 24 June 1757, Chelmsford, MA; b. 22 December 1734, Tewksbury, MA; d. 06 February 1809.

Notes for NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD:
DAR:  "Nathaniel Butterfield (1734-1809) served as corporal in Capt. Ruben Dickinson's Company, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regiment, Ticonderoga, in 1776.  Hampshire County, May 8, 1777; served two months and eight days.  Company raisesd to reinforce Continental Arm.  Also Capt. Moses Montague's Company, Capt. Israel Capen''s Regiment; sesrvice one month and eleven days.  Also Capt. Oliver Coney's Company, Capt. Sear's Regiment; service three months and ten days."

More About NATHANIEL BUTTERFIELD:
Baptism (LDS): DAR Lineages, vol. 21 p. 137

	ii.	ELIJAH BUTTERFIELD, b. 31 October 1736, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	SARAH BUTTERFIELD, b. 31 December 1738, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JEREMIAH BUTTERFIELD, b. 01 June 1740, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	ABIGAIL BUTTERFIELD, b. 29 December 1742, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	ESTHER BUTTERFIELD, b. 04 January 1744/45; d. Unknown.
	vii.	LYDIA BUTTERFIELD, b. 05 November 1747, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	MARY BUTTERFIELD, b. 29 July 1754, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.

35.  PHOEBE6 HILDRETH (PHOEBE5 FLETCHER, SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 01 October 1721 in Chelmsford, MA16, and died 13 August 1762 in Westford, MA.  She married PHILIP PROCTOR 10 February 1746/47 in Westford, MA, son of THOMAS PROCTOR and HANNAH BARRON.  He was born 03 January 1725/26 in Chelmsford, MA, and died 27 February 1759 in Westford, MA.
	
Children of PHOEBE HILDRETH and PHILIP PROCTOR are:
	i.	HANNAH7 PROCTOR, b. Abt. 1748; d. Unknown.
	ii.	JONAS PROCTOR, b. Abt. 1750; d. Unknown.
	iii.	RUBEN PROCTOR, b. 08 August 1751, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	ANNA (JOANNA) PROCTOR, b. 1753, Westford, MA; d. 27 September 1756, Westford, MA.
	v.	CHARLES PROCTOR, b. Abt. 1757; d. Unknown.
	vi.	ISAAC PROCTOR, b. 13 August 1758, Westford, MA; d. 15 August 1758, Westford, MA.

36.  JOSEPH6 HILDRETH (PHOEBE5 FLETCHER, SARAH4 RICHARDSON, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 21 February 1723/24 in Chelmsford, MA16, and died 04 July 1796 in Dummerston, VT.  He married LYDIA FLETCHER 07 April 1747 in Westford, MA.  She was born Abt. 1724 in Westford, MA, and died 26 May 1799 in Dummerston, VT.

Notes for JOSEPH HILDRETH:
Ref "Genes of Abraham Parker":  Joseph was one of the first town officers of Dummerston, VT.  Joseph and six of his sons fought in the Revolutionary War.
	
Children of JOSEPH HILDRETH and LYDIA FLETCHER are:
	i.	JOSEPH7 HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1748, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	PHOEBE HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1749, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	LYDIA HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1750, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	DEBORAH HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1751, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	v.	JESSE HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1752, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	MARY (POLLY) HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1753, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	vii.	ANNA (ANN) HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1754, Westford, MA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	BRIDGET HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1755, Chelmsford, MA; d. Unknown.
	ix.	LUCY HILDRETH, b. 1765; d. Unknown.

More About LUCY HILDRETH:
Baptism: 28 July 1765, Chelmsford, MA16

	x.	WILSON HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1757, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xi.	EZEKIEL HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1758, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xii.	STEPHEN HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1759, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xiii.	PHILLIP HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1760, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xiv.	PAUL HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1761, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xv.	TITUS HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1762, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xvi.	RICHARD HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1763, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xvii.	JANE HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1764, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.
	xviii.	SARAH HILDRETH, b. Abt. 1765, Dummerston, VT; d. Unknown.

37.  THANKFUL6 COLBURN (ELIZABETH5 RICHARDSON, JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 23 November 1717 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.  She married BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD 08 December 1736 in Dracut, MA.  He was born Abt. 1717 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Children of THANKFUL COLBURN and BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD are:
	i.	BENJAMIN7 BUTTERFIELD, b. Abt. 1738; d. Unknown.
	ii.	THANKFUL BUTTERFIELD, b. Abt. 1740; d. Unknown.

38.  HANNAH6 COLBURN (MARY5 RICHARDSON, JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 03 April 1726 in Dracut, MA, and died 11 May 1753 in Dracut, MA.  She married ELIJAH HILDRETH 27 December 1746 in Dracut, MA, son of EPHRAIM HILDRETH and MERCY RICHARDSON.  He was born 23 May 1728 in Dracut, MA, and died 14 May 1814 in Dracut, MA.

Notes for ELIJAH HILDRETH:
Ref. Cutter:  Elijah was enrolled as a minute man in the Revolution, and was first on the roll of Captain Simon Hunt's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards from July 1 to December 15, 1778.

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Children are listed above under (28) Elijah HILDRETH.

39.  JONATHAN6 COLBURN (MARY5 RICHARDSON, JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 17 January 1729/30 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.  He married MERCY HILDRETH 06 October 1753 in Dracut, MA, daughter of EPHRAIM HILDRETH and MERCY RICHARDSON.  She was born 27 November 1732, and died 11 February 1807.

More About JONATHAN COLBURN:
Vital Records: Dracut, MA

Notes for MERCY HILDRETH:
Family info from "Genes of Abraham Parker."
	
Children are listed above under (29) Mercy HILDRETH.

40.  EZRA6 COLBURN (THANKFUL5 RICHARDSON, JONATHAN4, JOSIAH3, EZEKIEL2, THOMAS1) was born 19 April 1734 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.  He married PHEBE WINN 21 January 1759 in Dracut, MA.  She was born Abt. 1739 in Dracut, MA, and died Unknown.
	
Children of EZRA COLBURN and PHEBE WINN are:
	i.	ASA7 COLBURN, b. 03 January 1760, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	ii.	EZRA COLBURN, b. 29 December 1770, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	iii.	HIRAM COLBURN, b. 02 April 1774, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JOSIAH COLBURN, b. 15 November 1768, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	v.	LOAMMI COLBURN, b. 14 November 1777, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	vi.	MARY COLBURN, b. 14 January 1761, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	vii.	PHEBE COLBURN, b. 29 October 1764, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.
	viii.	SARAH COLBURN, b. 17 December 1766, Dracut, MA17; d. Unknown.


Endnotes

1.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
2.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
3.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
4.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
5.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
6.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
7.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
8.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
9.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
10.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
11.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
12.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
13.  Vital Records of Dracut, MA.
14.  John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial,  (Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Co.. 1876).
15.  Vital Records of Dracut, MA.
16.  Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA.
17.  Vital Records of Dracut, MA.